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AP Government Unit 3

The Presidency, The Budget and Bureaucracy

TermDefinition
Article 2 The Constitution's exclusive article.
12th Amendment
20th Amendment
22nd Amendment Ratified in 1951, this amendment limits presidents to 2 terms of office.
25th Amendment Ratified in 1967, this amendment permits the vice president to become acting president if the vice president and the president's cabinet determine that the president is disabled, and it outlines how a recuperated president can reclaim the job.
Advice and Consent
Appointment Power
Cabinet A group of presidential advisers not mentioned in the Constitution, although not every president has had one.
Executive Agreement
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
Executive Order
Executive Privilege
Impeachment The political equivalent of an indictment in criminal law, prescribed by the Constitution. The House of Representatives may impeach the president by a majority vote for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Inherent Power
Impoundment of Funds
Line-Item Veto
National Security Council
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Personnel Management
Pardon
Pocket Veto
State of the Union Message
White House Office
Deficit
Budget
16th Amendment
Entitlements
Congressional Budget Office Focuses on analyzing the president's budget and making economic projections about the performance of the economy.
Office of Budget and Management
Appropriations
Continuing Resolutions
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Third Rail
"Beyond the Beltway"
Bureaucracy
Civil Service
Independent Agencies
Iron Triangle
Pendleton Act
Red Tape
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